Prior to completing chapter 5 I did not realize the endless capabilities
one has to enhance the visual appearance of their desktop and customize different
features to be more efficient and productive. I found this chapter to be very
beneficial and a lot of fun.
As always it has a hand on approach beginning with your
Desktop. The book goes into great detail to walk you through the ‘desktop theme’,
‘desktop background’, and ‘window color’. It explains how to set up different
desktop themes, save them, and switch to them when needed. It goes on to talk
about Screen Savers, setting screen resolution, sound themes and setup. This
section provided a wealth of information regarding Windows 7 and personalizing the
visual appearance of your desktop.
From a productivity perspective it covers a wide array of
topics from changing the mouse pointer to desktop icons. The text describes the
process for customizing the taskbar. It also dives into working with toolbars
on the taskbar. It simplifies the many different toolbars. The book does not
stop there it reviews the process for customizing the Notification Area, Start
Menu and changing Folder Options. This chapter provided a great deal of information
to help you Personalize Your Work Environment.
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